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Patsy Mink, who was the dean of women in the House from 1997 to 2002, was the longest-serving Asian-American woman in the House (and Congress). Carol Moseley Braun is the longest-serving (and first) African-American woman (and woman of color) in the Senate. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen is the longest-serving Hispanic or Latina American woman in the House.
Representative Marcy Kaptur, the longest serving woman in the chamber's history, has represented Ohio's 9th congressional district since 1983. Representative Marcy Kaptur, who has served in the House since January 3, 1983, has the longest-serving tenure of any female member in the chamber's history. [46]
The 90th Congress was notable because for a period of 10 days (December 24, 1968 – January 3, 1969), it contained within the Senate, all 10 of what was at one point the top 10 longest-serving senators in history (Byrd, Inouye, Thurmond, Kennedy, Hayden, Stennis, Stevens, Hollings, Russell Jr., and Long) until January 7, 2013, when Patrick Leahy surpassed Russell B. Long as the 10th longest ...
The longest-serving woman in the House, Kaptur has easily won reelection throughout most of… Kaptur defeated Republican Derek Merrin, a state House member, to win another term in office ...
The Ohio representative's decades-long tenure makes her the longest-serving woman in Congress in history.
The United States' longest-serving congresswoman is headed back for her 22nd term. ... In the House, Republicans will hold at least 218 seats, compared with 213 for the Democrats. The AP still has ...
Dean of the House: 2 Chris Smith: R New Jersey 4 3 Steny Hoyer: D Maryland 5: May 19, 1981 4 Marcy Kaptur: D Ohio 9: January 3, 1983 5 Nancy Pelosi: D California 11: June 2, 1987 Speaker Emerita of the House: 6 Frank Pallone: D New Jersey 6: November 8, 1988 Ranking Member: Energy and Commerce: 7 Richard Neal: D Massachusetts 1: January 3, 1989
The longest-serving woman in House history could face her toughest election yet because of redistricting. She says she's running again for the Great Lakes — and to "help Joe as much as I can.”